development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries—Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil —all … of which experienced rapid growth in recent years, but for different reasons. The patterns of growth are analyzed in each … “fundamentals” challenge in growth. Out of these seven countries, the traditional path to rapid growth of export oriented …

growth in 18,961 regions in eight of the world's main economies. Overall, market potential is losing importance, and local … density is gaining importance, as correlates of local growth. In mature economies, growth is strongest in low … costs and the growth of centrally located regions …

Can greater control over earned income incentivize women to work and influence gender norms? In collaboration with … Indian government partners, we provided rural women with individual bank accounts and randomly varied whether their wages … status quo). Women in a random subset of villages were also trained on account use. In the short run, relative to women just …

Where social norms favor gender segregation, firms may find it costly to employ both men and women. If the costs of …

in women's status. We find significant increases in reported autonomy, decreases in the reported acceptability of beating … and other countries attempt to decrease bias against women …

predicts human capital should respond to market returns, social norms (e.g., disapproval of women working outside the home) may … weaken or even sever this link for girls. Though many studies have examined the link between women's wages or labor force … overcome these problems, we provided three years of recruiting services to help young women in randomly selected Indian …

variation in legal changes to women's property rights, we show that better property rights for women are associated with a … more suicides among both men and women in India. Using individual level data on domestic violence we find evidence that … increased property rights for women did increase the incidence of wife beating in India. A model of intra-household bargaining …